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Punishment and ethics : new perspectives / edited by Jesper Ryberg, J. Angelo Corlett.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: viii, 190 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230240971 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0230240976 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780230290624 (ebk.)
  • 0230290620 (ebk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 172/.2 22
LOC classification:
  • K5101 .P86 2010
Contents:
Summary: This collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment presents the reader with new perspectives on various interesting and relevant topics including: punishment and discrimination, punishment and forgiveness, punishment and rehabilitation, punishment and public opinion, punishment and restitution, punishment and tortur, e punishment and dignity /from the publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Punishment and the Socratic roots of retributivism / J. Angelo Corlett -- Punishment and British idealism / Thom Brooks -- Punishment and restitution / David B. Hershenov -- Punishment and rehabilitation / Christopher Bennett -- Punishment and the measurement of severity / Jesper Ryberg -- Punishment and forgiveness / Leo Zaibert -- Punishment and dignity / Thomas S. Petersen -- Punishment and torture / Stephen Kershnar -- Punishment and public opinion / Jesper Ryberg -- Punishment and discrimination / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen.

This collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment presents the reader with new perspectives on various interesting and relevant topics including: punishment and discrimination, punishment and forgiveness, punishment and rehabilitation, punishment and public opinion, punishment and restitution, punishment and tortur, e punishment and dignity /from the publisher's website.

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